Tommy Paul bests Emilio Gomez 6-1 7-6(4) in the 1st round in Acapulco on Monday. Paul is going to play against Michael Mmoh in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 44 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the quarter in 2020 and 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.
Tommy added to his prize money $ 13,745 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 29,455 after this win. If he wins the next match, Paul will add $ 25,715 to his earnings to get in total $ 55,170 in total.
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Paul scored 81 points vs. the Ecuadorian’s 64.
Paul
Paul served pretty well to win 77% of the points (36/47) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (11/19) on his second serve. Paul won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.
Gomez
On the other side, Emilio wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this encounter, the head to head between Paul and Gomez is 2-1 for Tommy.
Draw and next match H2H: Tommy Paul vs. Michael Mmoh – stats
Paul will play Mmoh in the 2nd round.
This will be the 6th time that Tommy Paul and Michael Mmoh play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Mmoh (see full H2H stats), 4-1 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Paul had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Emilio Gomez in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The American managed to strengthen his lead after breaking the Ecuadorian in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
An important stage of this set was when Paul won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to convert the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Paul converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 4th (3-0 40-A) and the 8th game (6-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, Paul didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 53 points. The American conquered the set after winning 11 points more than Emilio (32-21). Tommy lost 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, the Ecuadorian conceded 16 points on serve (16-16).
Tommy won the set after he broke the Ecuadorian in the 3rd (2-1) game. The Ecuadorian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10th (5-5) game. Yet, the American stayed solid to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
Tommy won 2 minibreaks in the 8th (5-3) and 11th (7-4) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 6-4, 7-4
The American converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 40-A). In addition on the other side, Gomez converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 10th game (4-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).
They played 92 points. Tommy was the winner of the set after clinching 6 points more than Gomez (49-43). Paul surrendered 14 points on serve (31-14). on the other side of the net, Emilio conceded 18 points on serve (29-18).
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